After receiving a six-year prison sentenceon July 31st, Sanjay Dutt, an Indian film star, begged for bail while heappealed against it. "Sir, I made a mistake," he said. But the judgesaid no. Mr Dutt’s crime-tohave procured two guns from Muslim mobsters who were responsible for bombattacks in Mumbai in 1993-was serious. Yet he urged Mr Dutt, 48, to return tothe silver screen after serving his sentence. "Don’t get perturbed," he said. "Youhave many years to go and work, like the ’Mackenna’s Gold’ actorGregory Peck."

Thus ended one of the longestsong-and-dances in India’scriminal legal history. Mr Dutt was convicted last year, having already spent16 months in jail. He was acquitted of direct involvement in the bombings,which killed 257 people. They were carried out in 1993 in revenge for thedemolition of an ancient mosque in the Hindu holy city of Ayodhya by Hindufanatics, and subsequent Hindu-Muslim rioting. Some 100 people have been foundguilty of the bombing. They have all been sentenced in the past three months,including a dozen to death and 20 to life- imprisonment. But the allegedmasterminds of the attacks are still at large. One of them, a Mumbai gangstercalled Dawood Ibrahim, is alleged by Indian officials to be linked to al-Qaedaand to be hiding in Pakistan.

Despite the bleak immediate outlook, MrDutt, who made his name playing tough-guy anti-heroes, is unlikely to find hiscareer much damaged. The son of two of Bollywood’sbiggest stars, a Hindu-Muslim couple, he has garnered enormous sympathy for hissuffering. Many Indians believe his claim that he wanted the guns to protecthis family during the riots. Other Bollywood stars express support for Mr Duttas passionately as their Hollywood peers worry about global warming.

Then again, Bollywood is rather shady.Gangsters and crooked politicians have long laundered ill-gotten money throughfilm productions. Indeed Mr Dutt was investigated over money-launderingallegations in 2001. Other recent Bollywood stars to grace the courts includeMonica Bedi, an actress convicted of dealing in fake passports. Her accomplicewas another Mumbai gangster, Abu Salem, who delivered the guns to Mr Dutt, andis currently awaiting trial for his alleged part in the 1993 bombings.

An even bigger Bollywood star, Salman Khan,is appealing against two prison sentences of five years and one year forpoaching respectively an endangered antelope and two gazelles. A Bollywood filmabout the case has been scheduled. Mr Khan has also had to battle afour-year-old charge that he recklessly drove his car over five people sleepingon a pavement in Mumbai, killing one of them.

Bollywood’sbiggest star, Amitabh Bachchan, also known as "the Big B", is, incontrast, venerated. Where Mr Khan is vain and brash, he has a reputation forhumility and Hindu piety. But even this has been imperilled of late byrevelations that Mr Bachchan and his film-star son, Abhishek, bought valuableplots of land reserved for farmers. They registered themselves thus after beingallotted farmland by a former government of the state of Uttar Pradesh, led bythe Samajwadi party. Mr Bachchan is close to one of the party’s leading lights, Amar Singh, a famedsocialite. Mr Bachchan’s wife, Jaya,an actress, is now also a Samajwadi politician.

1.The judge said no because _____.

[A] he believed Dutt was wronged and showedno sympathy.

[B] he did not think Dutt had committed acrime.

[C] he thought Dutt had committed a seriouscrime.

[D] he thought Gregory Peck was Dutt’s good example.

2. The comparison of Bollywood stars’ support for Dutt to Holleywood’s worries about global warmingimplies_____.

[A] Bollywood stars are more sympatheticthan their Hollywood peers.

[B] Bollywood stars express their supportin a modest way.

[C] Bollywood stars back up Dutt withstrong support and full passion.

[D] Bollywood stars are also concerned withenvironmental issues.

3. The phrase "grace the courts"(Line 3, Paragraph 4) most probably means_____.

[A] present oneself in the courts

[B] appeal against the courts

[C] be sentenced by the courts

[D]show respect to the courts

4. Accroding to the passage, the followingadjectives can be used to describe Mr. Khan except_____.

[A] venerated

[B] vain and brash

[C] reckless and mindless

[D] cruel

5. The best title of this passage can be_____.

[A] The Shady Bollywood

[B] Mr Dutt’s LegalHistory

[C] Shady Stars of Bollywood

[D] Bollywood or Bullywood

篇章剖析：

这篇文章主要介绍了Bollywood影星违反法律的一些个案。文章第一段、第二段介绍了影星Dutt先生的案件;第三段讲述民众对Dutt的宽容和支持;第三段开始转向Bollywood其他影星犯罪的一些情况介绍，主要介绍了影星莫尼卡的个案;第四段介绍Khan的案件;第五段介绍 Bachchan的案件。

词汇注释：

bail n. 保释

procure v.获得, 取得

at large　不受控制的;逍遥法外的;

perturb v. 使非常烦恼;使不安，使忧虑

demolition n. n.破坏, 毁坏

poach v. 偷猎

garner v.储存anti-hero n.平凡的角色

accomplice n. n.同谋者, 帮凶

crooked adj. 不老实，无耻的;诈骗的

antelope n. 羚羊

gazelle n. 瞪羚

peer n. 同辈, 同等的人

socialite n. 社交名流

venerate v. 崇敬

难句突破：

(1) They were carried out in1993 in revenge for the demolition of an ancient mosque in the Hindu holy cityof Ayodhya by Hindu fanatics, and subsequent Hindu-Muslim rioting.来源：[主体句式] They were carried out ...

[结构分析] 这是一个简单句，具有比较复杂的状语，有一个时间状语，一个以in revenge for引导的目的状语;在该目的状语中，有两个介词宾语，the demolition 和rioting ;而在第一个宾语中，in the Hindu city of Ayodhya 和byHindu fanatics都是用来修饰前面的the demolition的。

[句子译文]这些爆炸事件发生于1993年，是为了报复印度教狂热教徒毁坏了印度圣城Ayodhya一座古老的清真寺以及随后的印度--穆斯林暴乱。

(2) They registered themselvesthus after being allotted farmland by a former government of the state of UttarPradesh, led by the Samajwadi party.

[主体句式] They registered themselves...

[结构分析] 这是一个简单句，句子的状语比较复杂。该状语是一个时间状语，状语最后的成份led by ...是一个过去分词短语，做前面the state of Utar Pradesh的定语。

[句子译文] amajwadi领导的前Uttar Pradesh州政府分配给他们这些土地后，他们就进行了注册。